Railroad-car seat



UNITED STATES PATNT OFFICE.

JNO. MILIQAR, OF PATERSON, NE\V JERSEY.

RAILROAD-CAR SEAT.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 20,654, dated June 22, 1858.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN'MILLAR, of Paterson, in the county of Passaic and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Railroad-Car Seats; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a partof this specification, in which Figure l, is a front or face view of my improvement, one of the parts being represented as upholstered and the other represented in skeleton form. Fig. 2, is an end view of ditto, the two seats on the base being turned in reverse position.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the two figures.

This invent-ion consists in having two horizontal rotating seats attached to a base or stand in combination with adjustable backs arranged as hereinafter fully shown and described.

To enable those skilled in the art to fully understand and construct my invention I will proceed to describe it.

A, represents a base or stand which is secured to the flooring of the car as usual. This base or stand is of the usual height to support the seat and it may be constructed of wood or metal. The bases or stands are secured at equal distances apart at each side of the car as usual.

On the base or stand A, two seats B, B, are secured or placed, each seat having a pin a, projecting down from its center, said pins passing through holes in the base or stand. Each seat is allowed to turn freely and inde pendently of the other. The seats, that is to say, the frame or skeleton portion may be constructed of either wood or metal, but metal will probably be used for both the base and the seats.

The frames of the seats are constructed each of a horizontal piece Z), to Which the pins a, are attached, and a vertical portion 0, is formed at each end to serve as sides or arms. The backs (Z, are formed of semi-circular pieces the lower part of which at each side is pivoted to the horizontal piece 5, as shown at e, e, the backs being allowed to work freely on the pivots. To the upper part of each semi-circular piece (Z, a semicircular bar C, is pivoted at each side as shown at f, f, and the bars C, are provided at each end with a catch or shoulder g, which, when the seat backs are in an elevated position, catch over pins it, which are attached horizontally to each portion 0, the pins h, passing through'curved segment slots 2', in the ends of the semi-circular backs (Z, see Fig. 2.

To the center of each bar C, a vertical rod D, is attached by a joint 2", the upper ends of the rods passing through guides j, attached to the upper part of a supplementary frame E, which is attached to the semi-circular backs (Z, for the purpose of giving the necessary height to the same.

F, F, are two springs the lower ends of which are attached to the bars C, one at each side of the rods D, the upper ends of the springs being attached to a central bar is, of of the frames E. The springs F, may be of india rubber or metal and arranged in any proper way so as to keep the catches or shoulders g, over the pins h, when the backs are in an uprightposition.

The seats and also the backs are upholstered in the usual way as shown at A, B. The occupant ma incline the back of the seat at any time y depressing the rod D, and thereby throwing up the catches or shoulders 9, free from the pins h, the pins 7L, serving as stops when the backs are inclined, in consequence of passing through the slots 2 and either of the occupants of the seats on each base or stand may sit facing in either direction without at all interfering one with the other, as the seats are allowed to turn independently of each other. This independent movement of the seats on each base is important, for in rail-road traveling friends generally prefer to sit facing each other, and if three friends are together the one on the seat adjoining that where the two are seated, may face the latter without interfering with his fellow seated on the same base, and who might prefer sitting in an opposite position.

I am aware that car seats have been arranged to turn horizontally, but I am not aware that the two seats of each base or stand have been made separately or detached and so connected to the base or stand that they may be turned independently of each other. Neither am I aware that the fastening or catch arranged as herein shown, has been used in connection with a pivoted back. I do not claim broadly therefore the horizontal rotating movement of a car seat for the purpose of adjusting the same to face in bars C, having the rods D and springs F, either direction; but, attached, and the pins h, connected with the 10 I claim as new and desire to secure by upright parts 0, of the seat, the whole being Letters Patent arranged substantially as described.

The two horizontal rotating seats B, B, JOHN MILLAR. attached to the base or stand A, as shown, in combination with the pivoted backs (Z, at tached to the seats B, and arranged with the Witnesses DAVID NUR, J AGOB RU'rUN. 

